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Matt Rutherford // Shootin' the Shit Onboard MARIE THARPE
July 2, 2024 · 1h 7m · 233 views
What this video covers
Matt Rutherford, the sailor who circumnavigated the Americas solo, sits aboard his schooner Marie Tharpe in Annapolis in April for a wide-ranging conversation with Andy Schell recorded at the salon table on a rainy day.4:26 Rutherford describes an upcoming delivery of a mid-1990s Beneteau Oceanis 351 to New York, noting a squealing engine belt, a recently sourced replacement impeller, and no spare Racors aboard — problems he contrasts with a prior transatlantic on a Beneteau Oceanis 58 where the steering cable snapped between the twin wheels, a failure he learned had happened to five other Beneteaus in Horta.7:22 He recounts a delivery that stalled when a supermoon tide raised water levels enough to block a bridge, forcing a 50-mile backtrack.9:05 A delivery on a Gulfstar Yachts 60 ended with no bilge pumps and running out of fuel within sight of the dock.14:50 A Corbin 39 delivery is mentioned alongside praise for the design's speed and double-ended hull. Rutherford discusses rudder loss as the leading reason sailors abandon ship, drawing on a delivery where a spinning rudder shaft forced a tow into Ocean City.25:47 He also outlines a tentative plan to sail Falcon around the world via the Southern Ocean in 2028, following the Whitbread route in seven legs.30:41 His last personal offshore passage was the 2011–2012 circumnavigation of the Americas; everything since has been research work aboard Marie Tharpe.57:49
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